Shawn_M_Knox

I put it in my cart last night and was going to purchase it today from Amazon and as I was going to check out I noticed the price had gone back to $3459. Not sure what gives with this. I love Amazon but they may have just lost a sale from me on this and the grip. I may have to go with BestBuy instead .

moonlight graham

I put it in my cart last night and was going to purchase it today from Amazon and as I was going to check out I noticed the price had gone back to $3459. Not sure what gives with this. I love Amazon but they may have just lost a sale from me on this and the grip. I may have to go with BestBuy instead .

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yea i was going to pull the trigger and then the price went up. B&H was at $3199 and then a few hours later it went back to normal price.

Guess they're just throwing out the fishing line to see if there are nibbles. I wouldn't worry too much. Another one around $2900 or less should be around before the end of the year although I highly doubt if B&H will go lower than $3199.

The general trend is downward towards ~$2750 sooner than later. Shocking I know, but that's what all the periodic "sales" are pointing toward. They aren't selling Mark III in droves and the competition for the $$$ is intense.

I put it in my cart last night and was going to purchase it today from Amazon and as I was going to check out I noticed the price had gone back to $3459. Not sure what gives with this. I love Amazon but they may have just lost a sale from me on this and the grip. I may have to go with BestBuy instead .

This is kind of moot now with other current deals, but why would you have any expectation that you could come back to something in your cart at a later date and not be subject to price changes? No ecommerce sites function like that (after the initial add-to-cart session). I would assume that you purchase on Amazon regularly, so you should be very familiar with how frequently they, in particular, update prices - yes, this is a particularly unfortunate large jump (vs. the cents that books go up and down everyday in one's cart), but you clearly knew it was a "deal".

Guess they're just throwing out the fishing line to see if there are nibbles. I wouldn't worry too much. Another one around $2900 or less should be around before the end of the year although I highly doubt if B&H will go lower than $3199.

EDIT: B&H Photo has dropped the price again to $3199 today.

The final destination price for 5D3 in a year or less will be around ~$2750...I wouldn't worry too much with all the up and down price-teasing which is meant to console the distraught early adoptors from needing sedation meds. On that note, 6D is right on its way to becoming the next non-event for Canon. Whoever came up with the pricing/features strategy at Canon for this body should be loaned to the Nikon Camp so they can suffer for a change. Features wise, 6D is a "neither here nor there" camera for its pricing. Except for the odd fanboy who is ready to pay ~$2099 on any lemon that Canon trots out, I don't see how Canon can shift that dead horse in large numbers for that price

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As if on cue, the price of 5D3 drops to under 3K at $2994 at B&H. They can't get to $2750 quickly enough for any of the authorized dealers... I guess it ain't movin' fast...by Feb to May it could hit 2750 without much fanfare or too many tears shed.